Heated seat not working need help
#1
Heated seat not working need help
happen yesterday morning, worked good the day before. only the driver side when i turned the switch on the light didn't come up. so i don't know weather its the bulb on the switch or the heater on the seat is not working(hardly can say the difference b/c it takes a whit to heat and by the time its already warm by body heat). The passenger side works great, checked the fuse thers only one for both and its good looked for a relay couldn't find one. the only thing left is to swap the switches and see. how can i take the switches out do i have to take the center consol out or can i pry then out and how much is a switch
thanks
D
thanks
D
#4
Seems that this happens somewhat often. One member traced the problem to shorted out/burned wiring.
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=376294
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=376294
#5
Seems that this happens somewhat often. One member traced the problem to shorted out/burned wiring.
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=376294
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=376294
thanks
D
#7
I fixed the bulb and it cost less than $2. Here's how to do it:
1 - Take the switch out of the center console. Be careful and pry it out gently.
2 - Disconnect the blue wiring connector and take the switch somewhere with good light.
3 - Using a small flat-blade screwdriver, gently release the 2 tabs holding the blue lower section to the switch assembly.
4 - Pull the blue section out (the sliding contact may fall out-no problem-see below)
5 - If you look at the blue section you'll see the bulb in a gray/blue rubber holder.
6 - The holder is press-fit to the two copper posts, Gently wiggle it off.
7 - The bulb wires make contact with the copper posts using contact pressure only
8 - With a jewler's screwdriver gently pull the bulb wires out of their holes paying attention to the way the wires were threaded through the holder.
9 - Carefully pull the bulb from its holder. Be careful around the actual bulb, it's sticky and the rubber holder can tear.
10 - Get a Radio Shack part number 272-1092 (12v microlamp) $1.69 for two.
11 - Take one lamp and feed its wires through the two holes in the base of the holder.
12 - Push the new lamp all the way down into the holder.
13 - Thread the wires back the way they were on the holder and cut off the extra wire
14 - Put the holder back on the copper posts with the lamp facing inside the switch
15 - If the black sliding connector fell out. Look inside the switch and place the connector back inside lining up the post on the connector with the U-shaped channel on the inside of the switch body.
16 - If the sliding connector is in correctly, you should be able to put your finger on it to hold it in place and rock the switch back and forth watching it move side-to-side.
17 - Rock the switch so the slider is to one side making the opening for the bulb as big as it can get.
18 - Slide the blub assembly as part of the blue section, back inside the switch with the bulb going up into the open section. Snap the two parts together.
19 - Put the switch back in your car and enjoy the new light!!
20 - This whole process only took about 5 minutes once I had the correct bulb.
1 - Take the switch out of the center console. Be careful and pry it out gently.
2 - Disconnect the blue wiring connector and take the switch somewhere with good light.
3 - Using a small flat-blade screwdriver, gently release the 2 tabs holding the blue lower section to the switch assembly.
4 - Pull the blue section out (the sliding contact may fall out-no problem-see below)
5 - If you look at the blue section you'll see the bulb in a gray/blue rubber holder.
6 - The holder is press-fit to the two copper posts, Gently wiggle it off.
7 - The bulb wires make contact with the copper posts using contact pressure only
8 - With a jewler's screwdriver gently pull the bulb wires out of their holes paying attention to the way the wires were threaded through the holder.
9 - Carefully pull the bulb from its holder. Be careful around the actual bulb, it's sticky and the rubber holder can tear.
10 - Get a Radio Shack part number 272-1092 (12v microlamp) $1.69 for two.
11 - Take one lamp and feed its wires through the two holes in the base of the holder.
12 - Push the new lamp all the way down into the holder.
13 - Thread the wires back the way they were on the holder and cut off the extra wire
14 - Put the holder back on the copper posts with the lamp facing inside the switch
15 - If the black sliding connector fell out. Look inside the switch and place the connector back inside lining up the post on the connector with the U-shaped channel on the inside of the switch body.
16 - If the sliding connector is in correctly, you should be able to put your finger on it to hold it in place and rock the switch back and forth watching it move side-to-side.
17 - Rock the switch so the slider is to one side making the opening for the bulb as big as it can get.
18 - Slide the blub assembly as part of the blue section, back inside the switch with the bulb going up into the open section. Snap the two parts together.
19 - Put the switch back in your car and enjoy the new light!!
20 - This whole process only took about 5 minutes once I had the correct bulb.
Last edited by tonyw; 11-14-2007 at 09:24 PM.
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